Lists of Nobel Prizes and Laureates

Lists of Nobel Prizes and Laureates

The Norwegian Nobel Committee

Prize Awarder for the Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible
for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.

By the terms of Alfred Nobel's will the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1901. Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the prize for peace was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting (Norwegian
Parliament). The Committee's composition reflects the relative
strengths of the political parties in the Storting, and is
assisted by specially appointed expert advisers.